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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!Hanover.Germany.EU.net!Hamburg.Germany.EU.net!nuki.NetUSE.de!white.schulung.netuse.de!kris From: kris@schulung.netuse.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kristian_K=F6hntopp?=) Subject: Re: Ideal filesystem Sender: kris@white.schulung.netuse.de (Kristian Koehntopp) Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?entf=E4llt?= Message-ID: <DozLq0.HK@white.schulung.netuse.de> References: <4gejrb$ogj@floyd.sw.oz.au> <3140C968.20699696@netcom.com> <4ia7im$i4m@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <4if9gb$4kh@park.uvsc.edu> <4iibd2$ng@EARTH.baylor.edu> <4ir7tc$5uf@park.uvsc.edu> <4j6jv0$15gk@news.missouri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:56:23 GMT X-Copyright: (C) Copyright 1996 Kristian Koehntopp -- All rights reserved. Lines: 14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:20127 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16116 rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu (Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt) writes: >I agree. Besides, when someone does an ln, a new inode should be used >containing information about the link. The original file nor the >original inode should be touched at all They aren't. Hard links are a directory only thing. A file always has one and only one inode. Get your Bach and read it again. Kristian -- Kristian Koehntopp, Wassilystrasse 30, 24113 Kiel, +49 431 688897 Fachbegriffe der Informatik einfach erklaert, Teil 7: "DOS" == "Denial Of Service"